Ukrainian forces consolidate positions in Melitopol, Berdiansk sectors – General Staff

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this on July 10.

Ukrainian aviation destroyed 3 Russian reconnaissance drones and 4 manpower concentration areas

In their turn, missile and artillery units hit a command center, 3 military positions, a munitions depot, 7 artillery systems, as well as one air defense system.

Russia launched 22 airstrikes, 30 MLRS attacks against Ukraine during the day

Also, at night, invading Russian forces launched another missile attack on the territory of one of Mykolaiv's infrastructure facilities.

Occupying Russian troops are attacking in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions, and heavy fighting continues. There were 17 combat engagements over the last day.

Near the state Ukrainian border with Russia and Belarus, the situation hasn't changed significantly, and no enemy offensive groups have been detected. 

At the same time, Russian forces continued shelling the border line with mortars and artillery: over 10 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were attacked. 

Russian attacks in different Ukrainian regions

• In the Kupiansk direction, 6 settlements of the Kharkiv region came under artillery shelling. 

• In the Lyman direction, over 15 settlements in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions came under Russian fire. 

• In the Bakhmut direction, over 10 localities in the Donetsk region were attacked by the invading Russian forces. 

• In the Avdiivka direction, over 10 settlements of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire. 

• In the Marinka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled all of the Russian troops' attacks in the areas of Marinka and Krasnohorivka, however, over 10 settlements of the Donetsk region came under shelling. 

• In the Shakhtarsk direction, over 10 localities in the Donetsk region were attacked. 

• In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, over 20 towns and villages were subjected to numerous attacks by the occupying Russian army. 

On the night of July 10, Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of Mykolaiv, allegedly using an Iskander-M ballistic missile. The missile hit one of the city's infrastructure facilities.